I just learned of Toshio Okada's YouTube channel and was surprised to find this video in which he wears a Make America Great Again hat and talks for over an hour (in Japanese). This video was made after Trump was elected, so I'm not clear on whether the video is an expression of Okada's support of Trump or whether it's just a reaction to the results, but he seems pretty enthusiastic... and the video description gives the following time stamps in English:

00:00 Story talked about by Miyazaki Tetsuya01: 43 Trump 70 years old Hayao 75 years old Toshio 58 years old02:59 Why did Shoji expect the victory of cards?07: 17 Yoshinori Kobayashi About the quotation of cartoons as a result of trial09: 15 About President's birthday11: 15 How is American democracy?14: 00 Function and Performance Difference19: 13 The presidential election was a character election24:20 Hillary had no character27: 55 The thing that Toshio Okada had been saying 31 years ago31: 05 The cards are trying to privatize politics35: 50 To the last name President for Americans39: 00 Politics as a business41:10 What happens when you make an iPhone in the USA48: 00 Superman is an illegal refugee51: 40 America is close to Muslim country56: 07 The people making the tobacco were crocbic

I'm curious about this to say the least. Can anyone provide information? As I understand it Okada speaks English so he himself may answer if contacted at his Facebook or Twitter account...

...Uh, GAINAX's former American merchandising vice-president and "Bani Garu" memoir writer Lea Hernandez has been extremely adamant about denouncing Trump on her own Twitter, so this might be a real heartbreak for her...

I'd love to know what Miyazaki thinks of Dump. Probably wants to do something to him involving that samurai sword he sent to Disney.

Among the people who use the Internet, many are obtuse. Because they are locked in their rooms, they hang on to that vision which is spreading across the world. But this does not go beyond mere ‘data’. Data without analysis [thinking], which makes you think that you know everything. This complacency is nothing but a trap. Moreover, the sense of values that counters this notion is paralyzed by it.

Among the people who use the Internet, many are obtuse. Because they are locked in their rooms, they hang on to that vision which is spreading across the world. But this does not go beyond mere ‘data’. Data without analysis [thinking], which makes you think that you know everything. This complacency is nothing but a trap. Moreover, the sense of values that counters this notion is paralyzed by it.

SoryuUberAlles wrote:These are all so, so, tantalizing but if it turns out all he got from Japanese media is a couple of scandals about Hillary and one hat about Trump then I think we're going to be disappointed.

That's most likely what people in Japan know about them, unless they (Hopefully) haven't gotten to seeing their waifus have photoshopped MAGA hats on them.

I imagine that foreigners would be more open to Trump than most Americans. They're not subject to the same media spin we are, and even though a lot of what Trump says is already bad pre-spin, it's hard to know how things like "tone" and "decorum" translate to a non-English speaker.

Of course, I'm heavily biased, because as I've said in the political threads, I like most of Trump's policy proposals and only take issue with the man he becomes when he actually opens his mouth.

kuzronk wrote:What do you expect from a old man in a more or less xenophobic country where you are meant to work as much as you can?

Screw you. You preemptively stole my joke, and also told it better than I would've.